CS:GO

The current update is fixing some issues and taking a step towards some bigger updates. Over the next few weeks the developer will be releasing a major audio update, play with friends, new characters, and of course more beta keys for the community.

The Couter-Strike Global Offensive developer also mentioned July 21st as a "rough date" for when they expect to begin allowing CS:GO pre-orders for the August release, and confirm that CS:GO will indeed see an open-beta where everyone can try it out before purchasing sometime between that pre-order date and release a month later. With this update there are many new changes again. What do you think about these changes? Leave your comments below.

Here is the full changelong:

Gameplay
• Bot difficulty has been adjusted. They should be a bit easier now.
Dedicated Servers:
• Added support for overriding values in gamemodes.txt via gamemodes_server.txt
- See csgo/gamemodes_server.txt.example for instructions on how to modify it and define your own map groups.
• Added support for map sidecar files, which allow mappers to distribute map-specific gamemodes.txt variables in a separate file.
- See csgo/maps/de_dust_se.kv as an example.
• Fixed mp_timelimit not working properly when mp_maxrounds was set to 0.

UI
• net_graph has several changes that will allow players to better see values they (or the server operator) have configured incorrectly.
- The most important difference is that the game tick rate is now shown in the bottom left, which is where “sv:” (server fps) used to be. Server fps is not really a useful metric for players except when it is below the tick rate (indicating the server is overloaded). Server FPS above the tick rate is meaningless.
- The cl_updaterate and cl_cmdrate rate are now labeled as “up:” and “cmd:”, respectively. There is now color coding added to some of the values to indicate out of band values. If cmdrate or updaterate are set above the tick rate (requires a server operator to override the sv_maxcmdrate and sv_maxupdaterate), these values are shown in red. For optimal play experience, these values should match the server tick rate, which is the default behavior unless a server operator has overridden convars.
- Fixed formatting so that the right aligned values are correctly aligned and text doesn’t shift and jump as displayed values change.
• A banner element has been added to the Match Scoreboard to better convey Win, Lose, and Draw match results.
• Hint text has been added to the bottom of the Loading screen.
• Updated the Armor icon next to the Armor meter to include the Helmet when purchased.
• Updated the dominated/dominating/revenge icons for freeze panel, mini-scoreboard, and death notices.
• Updates to the Arms Race UI:
- Now when someone reaches the Gold Knife level, the HUD shows a message in the chat text, displays an alert, and plays a sound effect.
- The scoreboard now displays the winner of the Arms Race match.
- The Arms Race weapon progression HUD element in the lower right now properly displays the data for the person you are spectating.
• In Casual and Competitive modes, the weapon inventory in the lower right of the HUD displays the spectated player’s information now.
• Voting UI updates:
- Fixed the panel going away right after you cast a vote or saw a vote be cast as a client.
- The vote panel has been made smaller and positioned so it doesn't cover other UI elements.
- After you cast a vote, the game no longer shows the text instructing you to press F1/F2 to vote.
- The Vote to Surrender option has been removed. Voting to Restart serves the same purpose.
- When an attempt to vote fails because it had already failed recently, the error message is now more descriptive about what's going on.
- If a player casts a vote when another vote is already in progress, they get a message letting them know.
- If there are no players or maps that can be voted on when you try to cast a vote, those categories are disabled in the UI.
- The vote panel now animates.
- Added the proper sounds to the voting events.
- A fix was made to a vote you cast in a single player game automatically failing.
- Fixed the map you are currently playing displaying in the vote UI as "undefined".
- Updated the size, look and translucency of the vote panel.
- Added the ability to change the next map in the map list which overrides the next map in the mapgroup.
- Changed the text, "Restart the map?" to "Restart the match?"
- Voting for the same map you are playing as the next map will extend it and just restart the map instead of loading.
- Fixed voting panel displaying during the freeze cam screenshot.
- Fixed votes for a certain category failing if they had failed previously but had a different subcategory (for example, a vote failed for kicking player A wouldn't let anyone vote to kick player B)
• Added a slider to the options menus that allow user to see and edit the numeric value directly.
• Removed the Random mapgroup choice from multiplayer Find a Game screen.
• Various improvements have been made to the loading screen to improve the layout.
• Changed the default bot difficulty option in the Offline with Bots screen to be "Easy" instead of "No Bots".

Maps
• Shoots
- Fixed some vphysics console error spew by turning off collision on static props that don't have or don't need collision.
• Baggage
- Moved some fill lights out a bit from the wall to reduce highlight intensity.
- Fixed some prop fading glitches.
• Dust
- Adjusted the Buy Zone edges to make sure all of the spawn points are completely inside the zones now.
- Set static props with no physics hull to non-solid.
• Dust 2
- Added clip brush to a crate at B that fixes an issue with the player getting stuck and dying.
- Fixed the misaligned Humvee windows near CT spawn.
• Inferno
- Adjusted the Buy Zone edges to make sure all of the spawn points are completely inside the zones now.
- Fixed some red console spew with static props without physics.
• Train
- Fixed a spawn point at T spawn that was intersecting a pillar.
• Lake
- Fixed a number of lighting issues.
• Office
- Fixed an error message regarding the slide show projection.
• Safehouse
- Fixed hard to see into entry way from back porch on the T side.
- The bush prop is now placed against the wall on the T side of the house.
- Fixed a hole that went through to the skybox creating a bright blue spot under the CT side porch next to the stairs.
• St Marc
- Removed certain phys props.
- Fixed a number of bad fade distances for cover props.
- Turned some phys props to static props.
- Fixed some bad fades on overlays.
- Fixed z-fighting in fence.
• Nuke
- Moved the forklift and added clip brushes to prevent collision issues.
- Added clips to the blue beams in lobby room.
• Sugarcane
- Turned a number of phys props to static.
- Deleted certain phys props.
- Fixed a few bad fade distances.

Effects
• Some minor optimizations to the explosion effects that may help sorting a little bit.
• A few more minor optimizations for the explosions.

Bug Fixes
• Fixed a bug in initializing a dedicated server.
• Fixed a bug with the ‘Expert Marksman’ achievement.
• Fixed the ‘Primer’ achievement not awarding properly.
• Adjusted the weapon achievements award criteria to more suitable kill counts.
• Changed Game Mode based achievement restrictions. All achievements can now be earned in Arms Race game mode and Arms Race-specific achievements are restricted in other game modes.
• Fixed ‘Cold War’ achievement only being awarded to the Terrorist team.
• Fixed ‘Wild Gooseman’ Chase achievement.
• Fixed incorrect description for ‘Street Fighter’ achievement.
• Fixed ‘Dead Shepherd’ achievement not getting awarded.
• Fix for spectating your killer by default after freezecam/deathcam – camera will now follow a controllable bot first if applicable.
• Fixed 'Magic Bullet' achievement.
• Felicitous Fun Fact Fixes
- Fixed "A former player" shown occasionally.
- Adjusted requirements for many fun facts so they no longer show when inappropriate (e.g. "most kills with 1 kills")
- Tweaked parameters in order to provide more interesting funfacts.
- Require team elimination for fun facts mentioning eliminating the enemy team.
• Fixed a case where a bot damages a victim and then a player takes over that bot and kills the victim and the death message shows the bot controlling player as the assister and the killer.
• Fix for the hitch just before the Gold Knife kill in Arms Race matches.
• Removed the display of the crosshair when the C4 is equipped.
• Fixed error in grenade throw angle calculation.
• Fixed main menu medals disappearing after returning to menu from a game.
• Fix for losing mouse cursor after joining a game with Community server browser.
• Fixed crashes/errors related to more than 10 players.
• Fixed a bug where the taser had no reticule.
• Fixed a rare crash in the weapon selection UI.
• Fixed some weapons in the UI not showing properly when you were the first player to join a server and it immediately restarted.
• Fixed not being able to pick up the C4 if you have a grenade in your inventory.
• Fix for the defuse kit icon displaying on the HUD of a T.
• Fixed the Warmup panel showing ‘%s1’ at the start of a match.
• Fixed medal ranks on the scoreboard not going away in a player slot when that bot or player has left the game.
• Fixed the "next weapon" element showing if you were spectating at the end of a round in a non-Arms Race match.